[Adopted 8-22-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-29]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.30, the real property of
any Verona resident, now or hereafter honorably discharged or released
under honorable circumstances, from active service in any branch of
the Armed Forces of the United States, who has been or shall be declared
by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to have a total
or 100% permanent service-connected disability, and not so evaluated
solely because of hospitalization or surgery and recuperation, sustained
through enemy action, or accident, or resulting from disease contracted
while in such active service, shall be exempt from taxation, upon
a proper claim submitted to the Tax Assessor with all required documentation
from the United States Veterans Administration. The Township Council,
by appropriate resolution, shall authorize return to the veteran or
veteran's surviving spouse all property tax payments made from
the date the application is submitted to the Township's Tax Assessor.
Retroactive refunds shall not be granted for property taxes paid prior
to the submission of the application with the Tax Assessor.